Aerodynamics Inc., also known as ADI, was an American charter

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that began offering scheduled services subsidized by the

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program in 2016 under a codeshare agreement with

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. It was purchased in 2018 by

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and the airline's website claims it was founded in 1959. The airline filed for

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bankruptcy re-organization in August 2013. The company had also owned a large contract maintenance operation at

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which was shut down in 2012. Business Aircraft Group, Inc.'s CEO M.L. (Mike) Hoyle provided the DIP financing along with establishing a new company who performed the "stalking horse" duties to bring ADI out of bankruptcy. Hoyle held the position of Chairman for 12 months following ADI's emergence from bankruptcy before divesting his interest in ADI. In 2015 the airline was purchased from its former owner Scott Beale by John and Janet Beardsley. The Beardsleys also owned

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which filed for bankruptcy in February 2016. Seaport was later shut down and liquidated that September. At the end of 2017 Aerodynamics was purchased by

California Pacific Airlines California Pacific Airlines (a.k.a. CP Air) Carlsbad, California in

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. The purchase included Aerodynamics' fleet of four planes and its contract serving Pierre and Watertown.

Scheduled air service

The airline first applied and was selected to operate subsidized

flights to Kearney, Nebraska;

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; and

Pierre, South Dakota Pierre ( ; lkt, Čhúŋkaške, lit=fort) is the capital city of South Dakota, United States, and the seat of Hughes County. The population was 14,091 at the 2020 census, making it the second-least populous US state capital after Montpelier, ...

in 2015. Later the

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blocked its authority to operate those flights because of concerns over owner-operator Scott Beale's fitness to operate the airline and his history of defrauding suppliers. This ultimately triggered the purchase of the company by the Beardsleys and the DOT later restored the airline's operating authority. The airline operated its first scheduled flight between

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and O'Hare International Airport in

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on July 1, 2016. The flights were operated under a

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with

as Great Lakes Jet Express, with ADI expecting that this arrangement would allow them to take advantage of Great Lakes'

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with

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for connections in Chicago. However, United refused to honor that agreement as Great Lakes did not at that time offer any flights of their own to Chicago. The service ceased abruptly on August 17 of the same year, less than two months after it started. The airline began Essential Air Service flights from Denver International Airport to

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with onward continuing service to

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(in

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) on August 15, 2016. These flights were also operated under the Great Lakes Jet Express branding, but in this case the interline agreement was honored by United, as the flights were handled and dispatched like regular Great Lakes flights; Denver is Great Lakes' largest hub. In 2017 the airline bid for EAS flying under the name "SkyValue Airlines." On March 26, 2018, Great Lakes Airlines announced that operations would be suspended effective at midnight. However, certain segments of the company continue to operate, including Great Lakes Jet Express flights to Pierre and Watertown in South Dakota. Ground employees handling ADI's flights became employees of ADI, although Great Lakes continued handling ADI's ticketing for a time. On May 29, 2018, ADI was purchased by

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. However, in December 2018 CPA suspended its West Coast operations, and in January 2019 its EAS operations were abruptly shut down as well, leaving Pierre (the capital of South Dakota) and Watertown without any scheduled commercial air service.

Fleet

Aerodynamics, Inc. operated a fleet of

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Destinations

ADI operated scheduled flights to the following destinations :

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Scheduled air service

Fleet

Destinations

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